Reported as a scam / unregulated
Why AE Trade is on the register
According to its website, AE Trade claims to provide trading services such as foreign exchange, stock indexes, precious metals, and cryptocurrencies. It claims to be headquartered in Australia and regulated by National Futures Association (NFA) (license number 0559483), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) (license number 31000256114249), Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) (license number 488828). Upon investigation, we found a company AE Trade in the NFA BASIC, but the ID is inconsistent with its claim. Furthermore, it is not a member of NFA and its NFA ID is only for tracking purposes. This cannot be used as effective evidence for regulating foreign exchange, and we found that the ASIC license number 488828 doesn’t belong to it, in addition, we didn’t find any matching information in the FinCEN. The truth is that AE Trade is not regulated by any regulators. Letting it hold or control investors’ money is unsafe, and the money can not be protected by any laws. AE Trade is a scam.
If you have money with this broker
- Stop sending funds. Do not pay any further “fees”, “taxes” or “verification” charges to release a withdrawal — this is a common secondary scam.
- Preserve evidence. Save transaction IDs, wallet addresses, chat logs, and every screenshot before the account is closed.
- Report it. Notify your bank/exchange and your national financial regulator so the activity is on record.
- Get guidance. Tell us what happened and we will point you to the right next step. A free public registry — we never charge any fees.
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